Strategy One

Connect to SAP BW/4HANA from Web or Workstation

Learn how to connect to SAP BW/4HANA via the Data Source dialog and handle your connection.

Upon successful connection, you can begin importing data.

How to Authenticate

The SAP BW/4HANA connector does not support live connect mode.

  1. In Workstation, next to Datasets, click Create a new dataset and choose a project.

  1. In Strategy Web, click the Create button > Add External Data.

    In Strategy Workstation, click Create a new dataset and choose a project.

  1. Select the SAP BW/4HANA connector.

  2. Next to Data Sources, click New Data Source to add a new connection.

  3. Enter your connection credentials in the Data Source dialog.

    • Data Source Name: A unique connection name is required.

      If you enter an existing name, the following error is returned: The database connection name already exists.

    • SAP Gateway URL: The Service URL for the ODATA service.

      For details on URL formats supported by the connector, see URL Handling.

    • Username: The username of a valid user account in SAP BW/4HANA.

    • Password: The password of a valid user account in SAP BW/4HANA.

      To create credentials for SAP BW4/HANA, refer to the SAP Help Portal.

  4. Click Save.

Data Source Handling

Administrators can delete database connections created via Strategy Web by going to Developer Administration > Configuration Managers > Database instances.

  1. Under Data Sources, hover over your connection and click the more icon .

  2. Select one of the following options:

    • Edit: Modify the fields in the Data Source dialog.
    • Delete: Remove your connection from Data Sources.
    • Rename: Rename your connection.

    • Share: Share your connection and grant controlled access to other users.

    • Duplicate: Create a duplicate connection.

      By default, the duplicated connection's name begins with Copy of , followed by the original connection name. You can rename the duplicated connection.

      The duplicated connection is populated with the hardcoded string, PWDHIDDEN123!@#, for security reasons. Clicking on the connection, without changing the password, returns the following error message: Your credentials and/or authentication mode are incorrect.

Once a connection is established, you can get started with the data importing process.